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When the Haverford College Arboretum staff was concerned about one of their historic trees, they called the Morris Arboretum Urban Forestry Consultants for advice.

Temple juniper is an evergreen conifer tree whose common name conveys that it is traditionally found planted on temple or other sacred grounds in Japan. The evergreen nature of the plant imbues it with an air of immortality.

For the past 10 years, the Morris Arboretum’s Urban Forestry Consultants have been honored to monitor the health and well-being of a renowned and beloved mature Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore) in Bryn Athyn, PA.

Morris Arboretum is the perfect place to indulge in a little pteridomania: a mania for ferns! 

The Penn Campus Arboretum is home to over 6,500 trees and 240 species in West Philadelphia. Keeping the trees alive and thriving in an urban setting is an ongoing task for Penn’s Facilities & Real Estate Services (FRES) and Morris Arboretum’s Urban Forestry team who partner to manage and improve Penn’s green infrastructure.

Carya ovata (shagbark hickory) is a large deciduous tree that is easy to identify all year round because of its eye-catching shaggy mature bark.

We are hosting a contribution drive for the benefit of ACLAMO in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, an Arboretum partner organization who needs our help!

In 2004, Athyrium niponicum var.  pictum (Japanese painted fern) received the Perennial Plant of the Year award for being one of the most colorful and resilient ferns for the garden.